Month: August 2025

Anthropic offers £340k to top AI talent in European hiring spree Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-salaries/

Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/sam-altman-openai-will-reportedly-back-a-startup-that-takes-on-musks-neuralink/

StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise $1B On Monday, StubHub filed an updated S-1. This indicates its delayed IPO is back on. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/stubhub-is-once-again-working-on-its-ipo-that-could-raise-1b/

Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report Officials are reportedly blaming a recent breach of the U.S. federal court’s filing system on Russia, whose hackers used the access to snoop on midlevel criminal cases in the New York City area and other jurisdictions.

Indian fintech Paytm wins a major regulatory battle days after key investor exit Paytm has received approval from India’s central bank to resume onboarding new online merchants and offer its digital payment services. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/indian-fintech-paytm-wins-a-major-regulatory-battle-days-after-key-investor-exit/

Match to pay $14M to the FTC due to false advertising and other deceptive practices Match Group agrees to pay the FTC $14 million after it was sued for deceiving users into buying subscriptions. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/match-to-pay-14m-to-the-ftc-due-to-false-advertising-and-other-deceptive-practices/

Tesla bids to enter British energy market Elon Musk’s Tesla could soon enter the British energy market, taking on the likes of British Gas, Octopus, and E.ON. The US electric car giant has applied to Ofgem, the British energy regulator, for a licence to supply electricity, according to a notice published on

Belgian spacetech EDGX raises €2.3M to bring edge computing to space Belgian spacetech EDGX has closed a €2.3 million seed round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its onboard AI computing system for satellites, EDGX Sterna. The round was co-led by imec.istart future fund and the Flanders Future Tech Fund,

UK fintech investment drops, despite government backing UK fintech investment fell in the first half of 2025, amid market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty and despite government plans to boost the sector. The figures, published by accountancy firm KPMG, show that UK fintech investment fell five per cent year-on-year in the first

European tech weekly recap: €848M in deals and July’s highlights Last week, we tracked more than 40 tech funding deals worth over €848 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. Click to read the rest of the news. Powered by WPeMatico https://tech.eu/2025/08/11/european-tech-weekly-recap-eur848m-in-deals-and-julys-highlights/